Traveline Scotland

What Traveline Scotland does

Traveline Scotland is a privately held company headquartered in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, founded in 2000. It operates as a public transport information service delivering journey planning, timetables, real-time departures, and service updates to Scottish transport users via web, mobile application, and telephone channels. The company is part of the wider UK Traveline information network, which functions as the nationally and regionally designated consumer-facing transport information service; Traveline Scotland's role is to serve as Scotland's specific front door to that capability.

The company is very small, with headcount stated at 1-10 employees, and operates without disclosed proprietary technology, API, or formal product portfolio in the source data. The platform appears to be a multi-channel information service aggregating public transport schedules and live service data rather than a software product with commercial pricing. No app store links, SDK, MCP, or integration details are disclosed, and the source explicitly indicates no API exists and no mobile app has been verified.

The revenue model, pricing, customer segments, and ownership structure are not disclosed in the available data. Given the Traveline brand's traditional alignment with UK public-sector commissioning (Scottish Government, Transport Scotland, and local transport authorities), the underlying economics most likely rest on a public-sector grant or contract, but the specific funding mechanism, contract value, and counterparty are not stated in the input. No funding rounds, investors, management team, awards, partnerships, certifications, or strategic actions are recorded in the source material.

Name

Traveline Scotland

Legal name

Traveline Scotland

Website

https://travelinescotland.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Traveline Scotland is an Edinburgh-based public transport information service, founded in 2000, that provides journey planning, timetables, real-time departures, and service updates to Scottish transport users via web, application, and telephone channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Transport Information Services

NAICS

Travel Agencies (561510), Bus and Other Motor Vehicle Transit Systems (485113)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700), Local & Suburban Transit & Interurban Hwy Passenger Trans (4100)

akta.pro primary industry

Multi-Modal Aggregators & Trip Planning APIs (Door-to-Door) (THALAJAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Operational & Disruption Intelligence (On-time, capacity, irregular ops) (THALAIAI)

Keywords

• Public transport journey planning
• Bus and rail timetables
• Real-time departure information
• Passenger transport service updates
• Multi-modal transit planner

Headquarters

HQ city

Edinburgh

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations

Core offering

Traveline Scotland provides public transport journey planning, timetables, real-time departures, and service updates for Scotland. The service is delivered to end users via a website, mobile app, and telephone helpline, aggregating multi-operator public transport data into a single accessible information resource.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Traveline Scotland Journey Planner Free public transport journey planning, timetable, real-time departure, and service update service for Scotland, available to individual travelers via the travelinescotland.com website, mobile app, and telephone helpline.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Expansion highlights1 record

Regional players

• ScotRail: Scottish rail operator providing its own timetable, journey planner, and service update tools. Regional peer with overlapping single-mode functionality rather than multi-modal aggregation.
• National Rail Enquiries: UK-wide rail journey planner covering Scotland, providing timetable and real-time train information. Adjacent peer with overlapping journey planning functionality but rail-only scope.

Direct peers

• Moovit: Global multi-modal public transit journey planning app with real-time data and disruption features, operating in the UK including Edinburgh. Comparable door-to-door public transport aggregator with strong mobile UX focus.
• Citymapper: Multi-modal urban journey planning app covering transit, walking, cycling, and rideshare. Direct competitor offering door-to-door trip planning with real-time disruption information, including Edinburgh coverage, competing head-to-head with Traveline Scotland.
• Transit App: Real-time public transit journey planning app with multi-modal coverage and disruption alerts. Comparable scope of offering targeting similar end-user use cases, particularly commuters.

Others

• Transport Scotland: Scottish Government agency responsible for national transport policy and oversight of public transport information. Indirectly comparable as the likely contracting or policy authority environment in which Traveline Scotland operates.

Broad incumbents

• Traveline: UK-wide Traveline service covering England, Scotland, and Wales. Directly comparable multi-modal public transport journey planning service operating at a national scale; Traveline Scotland appears to be the Scotland-facing manifestation of this broader network.
• Google Maps: Google's mapping platform provides multi-modal journey planning with public transit timetables and real-time updates across Scotland and globally. Represents the largest incumbent competitive threat due to default consumer behavior and zero cost to end users.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/travelinescotland
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/travelinescotland

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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